They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper.

But Jesus said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.

For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”

The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, that he should betray Jesus.

he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself.

For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.

But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

“Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. (This was the disciple who had leaned back against Jesus’ chest at the meal and asked, “Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?”)

Then the angel said to me, “Write the following: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb!” He also said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

Then I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: “Come, gather around for the great banquet of God,

He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.